Appreciation for MSAs:.

Real Estate Investing is all about property appreciation. Understanding Real Estate Appreication is to a real estate investor what reading a profit and loss is to a corporate CEO. Once you understand appreication and the trends that drive it, you can begin to make better decisions on real estate investing.

  • Barnstable Town, Massachusettes: + 14.62%
  • State of MA: + 15.67%
  • Difference: - 6.66%

Barnstable-Town-MA

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1996 2 105.06 - 0.38% - 1.52%
1996 3 104.34 - 0.69% - 2.74%
1996 4 106.12 + 1.71% + 6.82%
1997 1 106.89 + 0.73% + 2.90%
1997 2 108.8 + 1.79% + 7.15%
1997 3 110.79 + 1.83% + 7.32%
1997 4 112.47 + 1.52% + 6.07%
1998 1 113.69 + 1.08% + 4.34%
1998 2 115.32 + 1.43% + 5.73%
1998 3 118.86 + 3.07% + 12.28%
1998 4 120.88 + 1.70% + 6.80%


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If you were going to do a Buzzards Bay, Massachusettes Refinance, or Buzzards Bay, Massachusettes Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Buzzards Bay, Massachusettes home was worth $94,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 14.62%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $107,744.36 in 1998. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Barnstable-Town-MA from 1996 to 1998:
+ 4.87%

Appreciation Comparisons

In contrast, the worst 5 MSAs from 1996 to 1998 were Honolulu-HI, Buffalo-Niagara-Falls-NY, Albany-Schenectady-Troy-NY, Utica-Rome-NY, and El-Paso-TX .

  1. Honolulu-HI decreased by - 11.67% between 1996 and 1998
  2. Buffalo-Niagara-Falls-NY decreased by - 0.04% between 1996 and 1998
  3. Albany-Schenectady-Troy-NY only increased + 0.13% between 1996 and 1998
  4. Utica-Rome-NY only increased + 0.29% between 1996 and 1998
  5. El-Paso-TX only increased + 0.32% between 1996 and 1998

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 3 year period, were Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Honolulu-HI, Fairbanks-AK, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.69% from 1983 to 1985
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 31.84% from 1985 thru 1987
  3. Honolulu-HI lost - 30.81% from 1979 thru 1981
  4. Fairbanks-AK lost - 29.16% from 1987 thru 1989
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 28.50% from 1986 thru 1988

Zip Code in MSA: 2532 - BUZZARDS BAY, MA

MSA Pop: 229545
Zip Pop: 14873
Avg Value: 153200
County: BARNSTABLE
Elev: 37
Region: Northeast
Lat: 41.74104
Long: -70.58892